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According to information released by Hellenic Police, a rare antiquity statuette, estimated to be older than 7,000 years, was confiscated after authorities arrested two men who tried to sell it for 3.5 million euros. Both the suspects for illicit antiquities...

With the European Union giving the okay for Aegean Airlines to take over Olympic Air, the companies are putting together plans to complete the merger. EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that “It is clear that, due to the ongoing...

The European Union is opening an Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) agenda with common European issues and reinforces the Greek side in negotiating with Turkey by fully adopting Greek positions on fisheries in the Mediterranean. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras expressed...

After revelations from witnesses that the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn has hidden weapons in different regions of Greece, police set out to find if the accusations were true and searched places in Haidari, Aspropirgos and Nemea. A former Golden Dawn...

A common declaration of tourism cooperation between Greece and Israel was signed on Oct 8, right after the meeting of the Greek minister of Tourism Olga Kegalogianni with her Israeli counterpart Uzi Landau in the framework of the Interministerial...

Fearing that Olympic Air, Greece's once-dominant national carrier and a symbol of the country for decades, would go out of business otherwise, the European Union's antitrust authority has approved Aegean Airlines' takeover of its troubled rival, giving Greece only...

At the age of 93 the great actress Miranta Oikonimidou passed away. She was one of the founder members of the National Theater of Northern Greece. Born in 1920 in Athens, she studied at the Drama School of the National...

On October 8 the evening officers of the Internal Affairs Division of the Greek Police raided the police station of Omonoia, as part of their investigation for policemen connected with Golden Dawn. According  to Greek media reports, the IAD found...

Even as the Greek government touts a coming primary surplus and predicts the beginning of a recovery next year, The Governor of the Bank of Greece Giorgos Provopoulos said he expects the country's deep recession, now in a sixth...

Greek Member of Parliament Elena Rapti attended the two-day International Conference, held in Budapest, as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and as national coordinator of the campaign One in Five of the institution...

After Greece gets the rest of its second bailout of $173 billion - having spent a first for $152 billion without making a dent in its debt - the government is likely to need a third, if smaller bailout,...

Greece will have a role in the 4th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2013 that will be held Oct. 11-12 (www.geskualalumpur2013.org/) in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. The event, entitled Strengthening and Developing of Relationships Between Entrepreneurs is being organized by...

The north side of Chios does not attract a large number of residents even though it is the greenest part of the island. The expatriates of the island who visit their villages every summer are afraid of the fires...

As Greece prosecutes the leaders of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party on charges of running a criminal gang, investigators said they want access to financial records and bank accounts of the suspects and are asking the help of the...

Oscars: A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country. Greece...